Statewide Transition Initiatives 2001-02
Several initiatives are being implemented
to help New Mexico's students served by IEPs to achieve improved
post-school outcomes, due to their high dropout rates, their
low participation rates in postsecondary education, and the
state's areas of noncompliance cited by OSEP. With two exceptions,
these initiatives are being funded this year by the N.M. State
Department of Education Special Education Unit, emerging from
collaborative development over the past few years by a team
representing NMSDE, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
(including the Transition into Apprenticeship Project and
Project SUCCEED), New Mexico Highlands University, the University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque Public Schools, the Center for
Entrepreneurship, Parents Reaching Out, the Arc of N.M., the
State School to Work Office, Santa Fe's Executive Leadership
Council, and the National Transition Alliance. Numerous other
stakeholders also contribute major time and efforts to each
initiative, including students and parents, state and local
agencies, advocacy organizations, employers, educators, and
community leaders.
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